Just spent 10 days in the wonderful country of Chile.

Lots and Lots of diesels.

VW trucks
Ford Ranger pickup diesels
Toyota car and pickup diesels
Hyundai diesel vans
My Chev Colorado in a diesel
Gasoline was about $6/gal. Diesel slightly cheaper.

But ... Only saw one MB diesel, a 300TD at Vina del Mar.

I was passed by a MB SUV going about 90+ mph on route 199 outside Pucon.

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Walking isn't a lost art: one must, by some means, get to the garage.

Seems like a diesel Ranger would be a big seller here in the US.

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1980 300SD
1980 300SD

I've been saying that for quite some time. Based on what I saw under the hood of the one I looked at in Afghanistan, I'm pretty sure the current ones won't pass U.S. emissions standards. Ford apparently doesn't think it would be worth their investment to make a version that does.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.

3.0 L Diesel (Automatic) [Slightly Used,NO 50 Cal mounts in pickup bed.]

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'84 300SD sold
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Toyotarp (Ricardo Perez is the Toyota Dealer in Panama.)

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Global Vehicles estimated that the Mahindra would sell between 30-50K truck per year in the US. I would think that a diesel Ranger would be at least as successful. But as usual, the "big three" are asleep at the switch.

I walked around a Mahindra and it looked pretty good. Seems tall and boxy like the first Troopers.
It's full sized though not a little cramped thing.
I asked a guy what their reputation was and he said pretty good as far as he knew.
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